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Monday, January 29, 2018

CIIT

International Office

Prof Stephen E. Onah, Director /Chief Executive National Mathematical Centre (NMC), Abuja, Nigeria visited COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Islamabad from 18-21 January, 2018 in order to explore opportunities of collaboration with the Mathematics Department. The visit took place upon the invitation of COMSATS Headquarters. He showed keen interest in the research work being carried-out at CIIT especially in the areas of Mathematics to pave the way for enhanced future collaboration.

Prof. Dr. Raheel Qamar (T.I) Rector, briefed the Director regarding different achievements of CIIT in academics and research and with reference to its enviable international rankings among the world and regional universities. Rector offered expertise of CIIT in fields of Mathematics, e-Learning, Biotechnology, Environmental Sciences, Physics and Computer Science. Director NMC welcomed the suggestions. Director NMC acknowledged the efforts and contributions of CIIT in the field of education and research.

Dr. Malik apprised that overall 55 Nigerian students have benefited from CIIT, of which 25 are from NMC alone. Director, NMC informed that Minister (Education) of Nigeria was willing to visit the CIIT. Dr. Moiz suggested that CIIT could offer more opportunities for Post-Doctoral researchers. He further informed that one project of “International Thematic Research Group” is going on under the joint funding by ISESCO – COMSATS and more such tangible projects could be submitted in the future. NMC can send Senior Fellows for 1 to 3 months under HEC scheme for “Visiting Foreign Faculty Program”. Later on Dr. Bhatti joined and briefed about all departments i.e. Physics, Environmental Sciences, Pharmacy, Computer Science & Statistics and extended invitation to more researchers to come to CIIT. Director NMC expressed interest to enrich the research collaboration.

Further Director NMC attended the following different meetings:

Meeting with Department of Mathematics

Meeting with Executive Director COMSATS

Meeting with Nigerian High Commissioner, Islamabad

Meeting with Nigerian Students

Meeting with Senior Faculty Members of Mathematics Department for Research Collaboration

A dinner hosted by the CIIT in the honor of Prof Stephen E. Onah, Director NMC and finally a short city tour was arranged for the guest.

The Director NMC expressed his gratitude over warm reception and hospitality of CIIT. He was hopeful that both institutions would keep on chasing new opportunities of mutual interest and growth of their respective organizations.

Visits

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

CIIT

Kamran Lashari

CIIT hosted the World Learning(WL) Head, Ms. Nadya Karim Shaw, on 12th Jan, 2017 for a meeting with the senior management of CIIT. Head WL was accompanied by CEO of TeleTaleem, Mr. Asad Karim and Mr.Imdad Ali, Program Coordinator at WL. World Learning is a US based education and training company with a mission to empower people and strengthen institutions through education, sustainable development, and exchange programs. It is working to develop mutually beneficial partnerships that focus on partners’ philanthropic and developmental priorities.

The guests were welcomed by officials from the International Office and were escorted to the meeting venue. The meeting was attended by Dr. Raheel Qamar, Incharge Islamabad Campus, Dr. Malik, Head International Office, Dr. Bilal Zaka, Head IT Office, Ms. Rubina Bhatti, Deputy Director PD & HRD and Ms. Ayesha Masood. The discussion during the meeting suggested that WL in coordination with HEC and other major universities of Pakistan, particularly AIOU, would come up with a proposal for the ‘Strategic Partnerships for Higher Education Innovation and Reform’(SPHEIR) project to offer E- learning based courses for the existing education programs. WL intends to create quality courseware following the latest instructional designs with the involvement of its UK partner, Open University (OU UK).

As CIIT has a Virtual Campus, thereforeit can usefully share its experiences in course development and can suggest appropriate courses that are either part of a regular degree program or independent training modules for skills development. The courses need to be selected considering their widespread usability, scalability and positive impact on employability of the beneficiaries.

The meeting was rounded-off with an agreement to follow up from both sides on the decided points. CIIT souvenirs were presented to the guests. They were seen off with words of thanks and a group photo outside Faculty Block 1.